04/09/2001 04:43 PM Senate JUD

Number 1419                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                 SB 166-APPOINTMENT OF US SENATORS                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DONLEY  said SB 166  was an eleven  word change to  existing                                                            
statute,  which  provides  a five  day  waiting  period in  which  a                                                            
governor  would be  able to  fill a  vacancy for  the United  States                                                            
Senate.   SB 166 would  allow the  Alaska public  to comment  on who                                                            
might be best  suited to represent them in the United  States Senate                                                            
in  the unlikely  event  of a  vacancy occurring.    As the  statute                                                            
currently stands, there is no provision for public comment.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  DONLEY   moved  SB  166  from  committee  with   individual                                                            
recommendations.    There  being no  objection,  SB 166  moved  from                                                            
committee.